Listen to me, you who pursue faithfulness,
who seek help from Yahweh.
Look to the crag from which you were hewn,
to the cavity, the hole, from which you were dug.
Look to Abraham your ancestor,
and Sarah who was labouring with you.
Because he was one when I called him,
so I might bless him and make him many.
Because Yahweh is comforting Tsiyyon,
he’s comforting all its wastes.
He’s making its wilderness like Eden,
its steppe like Yahweh’s garden.
Gladness and rejoicing will be found there,
thanksgiving and the sound of music.

Heed me, my people;
give ear to me, my nation.
Because instruction goes out from me,
my exercise of authority for the light of peoples.
In a flash my faithfulness is near,
my deliverance is going out,
my arm will exercise authority for peoples.
Foreign shores will hope in me,
they will wait for my arm.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
look to the earth below.
Because the heavens are shredding like smoke,
the earth will wear out like clothing,
its inhabitants will die in like manner.
But my deliverance will be permanent,
my faithfulness will not shatter.

Listen to me, you who acknowledge my faithfulness,
a people with my instruction in its mind.
Don’t be afraid of human reviling,
don’t shatter at their taunting.
Because moth will consume them like clothing,
grub will consume them like wool.
But my faithfulness will be permanent,
my deliverance to all generations.

Goldingay, John; Goldingay, John; Wright, Tom; Wright, Tom. The Bible for Everyone . SPCK. Kindle Edition.

Grant, Lord,
that we may hold to you without parting,
worship you without wearying,
serve you without failing;
faithfully seek you,
happily find you,
and forever possess you,
the only God,blessed now and for ever.
Amen

St Anselm